Customs 1950s Dream Cars..dreams on wheels

days of future past

 

whoa what is that? very interesting pic...kool

 

Yeah, what is it? It's wierd but cool!

 

I've posted this elsewhere before on the HAMB, but I think it should go here as well. This is the Tucker Talisman, which was going to be a 2nd smaller car in the Tucker lineup.



This is scanned from Design and Destiny: The Making of the Tucker Automobile by Philip S. Egan

-James

 

Trend Book no:107. From 1953. Lots of GREAT pictures.

 

a dear friend of mine, Master Builder, Marty Martino of Virgina Has Completed the Restoration of the 1955 Motorama Concept Chevrolet Biscayne, Owned by Joe Bortz. This weekend its at the Concourse d' Elegance of America with three other of Mr. Bortz's
Here's a cool build video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pae3qVRPdPw

 

Very cool video!
Here's a few more dream cars.

 

It is the Aurora, built by Father Alfred Juliano, a Catholic priest . A fiberglass body on a 1954 Buick chassis. Was sitting in CT behind a body shop in the early 90s.

also more of the Mystere

 

GREAT! thanks to this thread my mind wont shut down......see i have this belly tank that i was thinking lakester. now i spend an hour on this thread and the sketchs start. UH OHHH its on now.(Once you see it on paper)
i noticed these long fins behind my buds shop. i just calleld him & he says give me those splash aprons i want, and you and have the fins aaaaand I'll throw in a 59 Fury finn to use as a dorsal fin.
hmm fighter belly tank-----belly tank fighter.....somebody stop the voices. Hey wheres my pencil. Shhhhh my god its getting loud in here

 

HOLY SHIT

Where did you get those??????!!!!!!

Man, I never thought id get a clear shot of the dash board.

 

a couple more

 

A Ford in your future?.....

 

cars of the future

 

A few more from the independents:

 

fire arrow k310 elegance adventurer

 

This is Hot!!!! Looks like a Riv and a Cougar had sex!!!!

 

earl

 

Saw this Cadillac at the AACA museum in Hershey PA last fall. Cannot remember all the history but I do remember it was one of the "dream show cars' of the 50's.

 

I want one!

 

heres one that came true, on big traffic jam

 

Wow Studearch, I was thinking about this car as I was looking at this thread. Haven't heard anything about it for the last 15 years, I'm assuming it's still sitting like this?
My brother witnessed the wreck back around 62. Brought home a small chunk of fiberglass as a suvernier!
The car was on a used car lot here (hard to believe a 57 Motorama car would end up on a used car lot in Albuquerque 5 or so years after it's showing!) and apparently the lot owners son and the lot boy "borrowed" it one night. Took it out to South Eubank where all the kids street raced back then. Racing it, they lost control and hit a power pole!
So yeah, the fate of the 57 Corvette SS!

 

1955 concepts

 

I just came across a few more concept cars that I don't remember seeing before. Too bad some of them never made it into production!

 

S'more....

 

back to the future...

 

Found in the future.......a NIGHTMARE on wheels!

And it's on Egay!

 

More dreams....

 

Yes, some got built: a '56 chassis Chrysler 300 for the Shah of Persia. In a museum currently.

 

Not sure what this Cadillac is but saw it at the GNRS this year.

 

While visiting an open house in a 19th c mill building in Rollinford NH ,the next town over, from ours I came across David Random, an amazing craftsman . Thought I'd share his work as it reminds of the dream car styling of the 50s.